
5 April 2016 Today we leave Rotorua and make our way to Palmerston North for an overnight. Rotorua is full of geothermal vents that release steam. Everywhere you go there is a place that steam is coming up through the ground and the faint smell of sulfur – so trippy! On our way out of town we stopped at Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland. It has incredible mud pools and craters with sulfur water… Read More
03 April 2016 Lynnette and I spent Sunday afternoon exploring the Geothermal Valley at the Te Puia Cultural Center. We saw geysers and mud pools, a Kiwi Bird house and explored the gift shop. It rained off and on and was very hot and humid when the rain stopped. The geyser was quite active while we were there so we had a pretty good show for awhile. There were two other geysers… Read More